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Bluffton's railroads theme of Sunday lecture in Lima

Fred Steiner, featured speaker at the 113th annual membership meeting of the Allen County Historical Society
Posted by Fred Steiner on April 20, 2021 - 5:02pm

Fred Steiner, owner of Bluffton Icon, is the featured speaker at the 113th annual membership meeting of the Allen County Historical Society held at 2 p.m., Sunday, April 25, in Lima.

Steiner’s presentation is on the Western Ohio Railway, an electric interurban that passed through Main Street in Bluffton from 1906 to 1932.

His presentation title is “115 years ahead of its time, or what are those rails doing under Main Street?”

The talk will include dozens of photos of the interurban in Bluffton and stories about how it impacted the village.

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You may watch this university concert at home

Spring fling choral concert Sunday
Posted by Fred Steiner on April 20, 2021 - 4:49pm

Bluffton University’s spring fling choral concert featuring University Chorale, Camerata Singers, Concert Band and several ensembles will be streamed for viewing at www.bluffton.edu/mus starting at 2:30 p.m. on Sunday, April 25.

Under the direction of Dr. Bo Young Kang, the choral portion will feature three pieces including: “The Rose” by Ola Gjeilo, “My Very Own” by Susan LaBarr and “The Blue Ridge” by Elaine Hagenberg.

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Trout derby returns to the Buckeye

Sunday, May 2 • Memberships on sale at The Dough Hook
Posted by Fred Steiner on April 20, 2021 - 4:38pm

The Bluffton Trout Derby is back!

After a one-year absence, those who enjoy fishing can head for the Buckeye and cast nets for more than 200 tagged trout on Sunday, May 2.

Trout number one is worth thousands in cash if caught during derby hours, from 2 to 4:30 p.m. The jackpot is built up with $5 donations to a 50/50 drawing.

If caught on derby day, one half of the cash jackpot goes to the angler who catches number one. The other half goes to the person whose raffle ticket is drawn at the end of the derby.

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Pirates of spring

Posted by Fred Steiner on April 20, 2021 - 4:08pm

Wyatt Lovell, Eden Antrim and Eric Nygaard are photographed during their participation in the Ottawa-Glandorf track invitational. (Jamie Nygaard photos) Click here for Bluffton results in the meet.

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Bluffton netmen nipped by Kenton

Luke Shadle and Grant Klinger post Pirate wins
Posted by Fred Steiner on April 20, 2021 - 3:26pm

By Cort Reynolds
BLUFFTON - The host Bluffton boys tennis team dropped a 3-2 battle to Kenton Monday evening. 

Bluffton fell to 2-4 with the defeat, while Kenton improved to 4-6 with the narrow win.

Pirate sophomore Luke Shadle won 7-5, 6-3 at second singles over Wildcat senior Rylee Messinger.

Bluffton senior Grant Klingler triumphed 7-5, 6-4 at third singles over Kenton junior Noah Ketcham to provide the other Pirate victory. 

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Pirate girls edged by Paulding 3-2

Panthers stop BHS baseball team
Posted by Fred Steiner on April 20, 2021 - 3:23pm

Baseball story follows the softball story
By Cort Reynolds
BLUFFTON - Homestanding Bluffton lost 3-2 to Paulding in the final inning of a Northwest Conference softball nailbiter  Monday evening.

The Lady Pirates fell to 2-9 and 1-3 in the NWC after the defeat. The Panther girls improved to 12-2 overall and 2-1 in the NWC with the victory. 

The game was scoreless until the fourth inning when Paulding pushed a run across the plate. The Panthers moved ahead 2-0 with another run in the top of the sixth.

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